Deputy Head Teacher

Highfield Nursery School, Birmingham, B8 3QF

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  13 April 2026

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £60,145.00 - £66,368.00 Annually (FTE)

Deputy Head Teacher job summary

Governors are looking for a deputy head teacher with strong early years’ pedagogy to join us at Highfield Nursery School. The role offers an opportunity to work with a leadership team committed to delivering the best outcomes for all children in a busy environment which is exciting, challenging and highly rewarding.

‘There is a commitment from staff that every moment will count for every child. Our provision for children with special educational needs/disabilities is exemplary. Staff are well trained and incredibly skilled in child development. This is a very positive and inspirational community.’ Ofsted November 2023.

Birmingham Federation of Maintained Nursery Schools consists of nine Nursery Schools delivering inclusive high-quality early education and care to children aged 0-5 across Birmingham. We have a vibrant and enthusiastic staff of teachers, teaching assistants, nursery officers, play workers, administrators and other support staff who make up our large staff team. As well as outstanding provision for children and families we are committed to staff professional development and you would have opportunities to be part of the wider and developing role of our nursery schools.

You will offer us:

• your considerable skill as an outstanding teacher who has experience of working in a senior leadership role in an Early Years setting and with children with special educational needs
• your commitment to engaging and inspiring our pupils and the ability to make a real difference to their learning
• your flexibility, commitment and excellent interpersonal skills
• your ability to initiate and lead change in a positive way

You can find out all about our school on our website www.hifieldn.bham.sch.uk

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Informal enquiries to Sadia Carter-Mirza - School Business Manager on 0121 675 4617.

Safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:

Teaching

Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Terms and conditions

BCC is a Living Wage employer.

Rehabilitation of offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Highfield Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 0 to 5
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 159 pupils enrolled
• Age range: Not given
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Highfield Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highfield-nursery-school

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